Brewers to formally unveil “Brewers Wall of Honor” on June 13th

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Brewers to formally unveil “Brewers Wall of Honor” on June 13th

MILWAUKEE (WITI) — The Milwaukee Brewers will formally unveil the “Brewers Wall of Honor” at Miller Park on Friday, June 13. The Wall of Honor will commemorate Milwaukee Brewers players that meet a set criteria based on service to the club.

A private ceremony for inductees, their families and special guests will take place at 4 p.m. and the wall will be available for viewing to the general public beginning at 6:35 p.m. A pregame ceremony honoring the inductees will take place on the field prior to the game. Following the ceremony, select honorees will be available in the Miller Park interview room.

The Wall of Honor will be a permanent display outside of Miller Park on a wall on the North side of the ballpark. Players on the Wall of Honor will each have a plaque with their photo and a brief synopsis of their playing career. The plaques are designed by Matthews International, designers of the plaques for the National Baseball Hall of Fame as well as the plaques on the Milwaukee Braves Wall of Honor at Miller Park.

Players who meet any of the following criteria while wearing a Brewers uniform will be inducted into the Wall of Honor:

2,000 or more plate appearances

1,000 or more innings pitched

250 appearances as a pitcher

Winner of a major award (MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, or Fireman of the Year)

Manager of a pennant-winning team

Individuals recognized with a statue on the Miller Park Plaza

Members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame who have played for the Brewers

Currently, there are 58 persons who meet the above criteria and will be recognized on the Brewers Wall during the 2014 season. In addition to the 58 members of the inaugural class, there are seven active players in Major League Baseball that meet the criteria. Upon retirement, players who meet the criteria will be added to the Wall of Honor.

A total of 41 honorees are scheduled to attend the event and six honorees will be represented by family members. The complete list of players who will grace the Brewers Wall of Honor at the unveiling ceremony in June of 2014 is as follows (attendees subject to change, those who will be present for the event are in BOLD, those who will be represented by a family member at the event are in ITALICS and those not able to attend the event are in PLAIN text).

Hank Aaron

Jerry Augustine

Sal Bando

Chris Bosio

Johnny Briggs

Jeromy Burnitz

Mike Caldwell

Bill Castro

Jeff Cirillo

Jim Colborn

Cecil Cooper

Craig Counsell

Chuck Crim

Rob Deer

Cal Eldred

Mike Fetters

Rollie Fingers

Jim Gantner

Moose Haas

Bill Hall

Darryl Hamilton

Teddy Higuera

John Jaha

Geoff Jenkins

Harvey Kuenn

Sixto Lezcano

Pat Listach

Mark Loretta

Davey May

Bob McClure

Paul Molitor

Don Money

Charlie Moore

Jaime Navarro

Dave Nilsson

Ben Oglivie

Dan Plesac

Darrell Porter

Ken Sanders

George Scott

Kevin Seitzer

Allan H. “Bud” Selig

Richie Sexson

Ben Sheets

Ted Simmons

Jim Slaton

B.J. Surhoff

Don Sutton

Gorman Thomas

Bill Travers

Bob Uecker

Jose Valentin

Greg Vaughn

Fernando Vina

Pete Vuckovich

Bill Wegman

Bob Wickman

Robin Yount

John Axford, Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder, Yovani Gallardo, J.J. Hardy, Corey Hart and Rickie Weeks are the seven active players that, as of today, qualify for induction into the Wall of Honor following their retirement. Active players closing in on the thresholds include Jonathan Lucroy and Carlos Gomez.